Friendly League

Het Dak
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dan Kjellman took the kick off in the first half of the match. Felix van As blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Harvey Davies having to make a save. In the 3rd minute Felix van As shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harvey Davies saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Melker Gudmundsson took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Harvey Davies. Harvey Davies dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. John-Paul Locatelli hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Harvey Davies took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Steven Homan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When FC Bal op het Dak's Dan Kjellman in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SV Balverliefd's goalie prevented a goal. Remond Reintjes made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Bal op het Dak's Joop Meder. 22 minutes into the match, Steven Homan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Harvey Davies. FC Bal op het Dak's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Steven Homan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Yorrick Zoethout made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dan Kjellman in the 26th minute. Harvey Davies showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Melker Gudmundsson in the 28th minute of the match. FC Bal op het Dak were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after SV Balverliefd's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marick Brunt took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Marick Brunt got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Yorrick Zoethout quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 34 played minutes FC Bal op het Dak got a freekick which was hit by Joop Meder. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix van As in the 40th minute of play forced FC Bal op het Dak's goalkeeper Harvey Davies to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the game, Remond Reintjes threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Bal op het Dak's Joop Meder quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Steven Homan made the kick off in the second half. FC Bal op het Dak's Harvey Davies proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save FC Bal op het Dak from getting a goal against them. FC Bal op het Dak's Harvey Davies played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Melker Gudmundsson in the 56th minute of play. In the 59th minute SV Balverliefd were awarded a corner. Jimmy Stenberg went to the cornerflag to take it. SV Balverliefd's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jimmy Stenberg in the 61st minute. Jimmy Stenberg made a great header on SV Balverliefd's corner, it was just that FC Bal op het Dak's Harvey Davies managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Steven Homan got free with Harvey Davies in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Harvey Davies managed to avoid a goal in the 62ndth minute, when SV Balverliefd's Steven Homan fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yorrick Zoethout took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dan Kjellman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Bal op het Dak made a substitution. Martijn August replaced Dan Kjellman. FC Bal op het Dak were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after SV Balverliefd's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marick Brunt took the corner. Marick Brunt made a great header on FC Bal op het Dak's corner, it was just that SV Balverliefd's Yorrick Zoethout managed to reach the ball for a save. SV Balverliefd's Yorrick Zoethout played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwan Valentijn in the 73rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC Bal op het Dak's Cobus Harding got a free kick in the 74th minute. Steven Homan might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Harvey Davies. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Steven Homan ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 80th match minute, SV Balverliefd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix van As to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute Martijn August shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yorrick Zoethout saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SV Balverliefd's Steven Homan got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in FC Bal op het Dak's zone, Steven Homan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Harvey Davies came out of the goal and Steven Homan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 95thth minute of the game Iwan Valentijn who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SV Balverliefd's Yorrick Zoethout was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The FC Bal op het Dak supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching SV Balverliefd's performance. The match ended with a win for SV Balverliefd.